Symbolic representation and visual querying of left ventricular image sequences

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-52

  Baroni, M ^a   Del Bimbo, A ^a   Evangelist, A ^a   Vicario, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Image sequence indexing and retrieval; Left ventricular regional function; Representation of temporal shape evolution; Visual querying by contents

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER; DATA BASE; DYNAMICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CINEANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS; SOFTWARE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80052090364     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146392399298519     Document Type: Review

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